Triple
T11095866
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William R. Shockley |
E262375
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shockley |
E8094
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Shockley | Statement: [William R. Shockley, familyName, Shockley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shockley Context triple: [William R. Shockley, familyName, Shockley]
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A.
William Shockley
chosen
William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
William R. Shockley
William R. Shockley was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during World War II.
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C.
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering Silicon Valley research and development company founded by Nobel laureate William Shockley that became the seed for many later semiconductor firms, including those started by the "traitorous eight."
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D.
Kilby
Kilby is a surname most notably associated with Jack S. Kilby, the American electrical engineer who co-invented the integrated circuit and won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni was a Swiss-born physicist and engineer best known for inventing the planar process, a foundational technology that enabled the modern semiconductor and integrated circuit industry.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d6aa9a40d88190a373e2c7e48285db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d79a0897188190b6c293b44990b3d4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3e7e0c7e4819098e690ffebbd8e61 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.